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Fantasy Mint/Assayer Contemporary Counterfeit 8 Reales 1838 Bx Ln Fn

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 Posted 05/25/2018  7:34 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Numismat to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Picked this up some time ago, but forgot to share it. Only other mention I could find of this variety was in a post here from swamperbob. Weight is quite low at ~21.7 grams. Patina looks very convincing.


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There's an awful lot going on with that one besides the mint/assayer markings. Cap and eagle's head are both stylized in a rather simplistic way, and the date's gigantic. Appears to have circulated for quite some time anyway. Very interesting, thanks for sharing.

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 Posted 05/26/2018  10:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add 20021sc to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I like how the eagle's cactus claw looks like a claw from one of those quarter vending / game machines. One of those you try and see if you can pick up a prize without it falling off!

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There's an awful lot going on with that one besides the mint/assayer markings. Cap and eagle's head are both stylized in a rather simplistic way, and the date's gigantic. Appears to have circulated for quite some time anyway. Very interesting, thanks for sharing.


Thanks, definitely a lot going on and one of the more interesting pieces I've come across :)



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I like how the eagle's cactus claw looks like a claw from one of those quarter vending / game machines. One of those you try and see if you can pick up a prize without it falling off!


Lol, didn't notice that before, but spot-on
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